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Nepali vs Irish


Irish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Ireland  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
13  
3

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
कृपया  
le do thoil  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Slán  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
népalais  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Nepali  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Irish people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Celtic  

Branch
Indic  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
59  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
gle  

ISO 639 3
npi  
gle  

ISO 639 6
nep  
gle  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
12  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Nepali and Irish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Irish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Irish Language History.

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Nepali and Irish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Irish language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Irish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Irish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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